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Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

Aramark begins making PPE gear for health care workers

Aramark will shift its uniforms production lines to make personal protective equipment for health care workers tackling the COVID-19 crisis.

6 years ago

Tidal flooding in Pelican Island, N.J. on April 13, 2020. (Courtesy of Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Community

Tens of thousands lose power at the Jersey Shore as potent storm lashes region

Tens of thousands of Jersey Shore residents are without power Monday afternoon amid a potent storm that is wreaking havoc throughout the region.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, greet one another before they participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington, Sunday, March 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders endorses former Democratic rival Joe Biden for president

Bernie Sanders endorses former Democratic rival Joe Biden for president.

6 years ago

A nurse dons protective equipment with the assistance of colleagues at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, March 19, 2020. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center)
Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy prohibits internet and phone shutoffs

Internet and phone service cannot be shut off to customers until 30 days after the current public health emergency has ended.

6 years ago

The COVID-19 treatment center at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
Health

Coronavirus update: No slowdown in Delaware, with 1,761 cases and 41 deaths

The daily toll keeps showing the curve of disease, hospitalization and death hasn’t flattened.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Money

Americans start to see relief payments; some face a wait

Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts.

6 years ago

A tent outside the the emergency room at the University of Pennsylvania allows patients to be screened for COVID-19 before they enter the building. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Philly pleads for federal government support

For the last week, the number of new cases in Pa. each day averaged around 9%, the first time the growth rate has been in the single digits.

6 years ago

Roderick Sanders came to pick up food at a Long Branch food pantry after losing his job in a local restaurant. (Jon Hurdle/NJ Spotlight)
Community
NJ Spotlight

Pressure on Food Banks and Pantries as Demand Surges with Rising Jobless Ranks

Food distributors hit by reduced donations, higher prices and fewer volunteers

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Health

Fauci comments on US virus response seem to draw Trump’s ire

Trump, who has been chafing at criticism that he didn’t do enough early on to fight the virus, reposted a tweet that said “Time to #FireFauci.”

6 years ago

How do you meet your new neighbors when everyone’s in but no one is coming out? Our reporter invites her new neighbors to a virtual housewarming. (Courtesy of Buffy Gorrilla)
Community

Coronavirus spurs a digital housewarming, very casual, pants optional?

How do you meet your new neighbors when everyone’s in but no one is coming out? Our reporter invites her new neighbors to a virtual housewarming.

6 years ago

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Canned goods and non-perishable items. (Shirley Min/WHYY)
Health

Tips for a healthy coronavirus-era diet, from the nutritionist who ate at McDonald’s for a month

There are workarounds to takeout and whatever is left on the supermarket shelf. If canned or frozen fruits and veggies are all that’s left, use those.

6 years ago

Wayne and Andrea Clark with their children Molly, 9, Caleb, 11, Roisin, 13, and Cianan, 6, on the steps of their home in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Gimme structure: Why some Philly parents are eager for online learning to begin

Philadelphia is slowly moving school online. We spoke with families to hear about their hopes for this massive educational experiment.

6 years ago

Listen 4:31
Latonta Godboldt is the owner, operator and director of Small Wonders, a daycare in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

The residential child care’s dilemma: lose income or potentially expose families to coronavirus?

State officials ordered most child care providers to close, but those based in a provider’s residence are exempt from the regulations.

6 years ago

Listen 4:13
Rod Nevin, from Reading, brings Easter hymns to a Chestnut Hill neighborhood in an attempt to bring joy for those sheltered-at-home, on April 12, 2020. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community

‘It lifts our spirits’: Philly area celebrates Easter with bagpipes, wearing PJs in parking lots

A church in Chestnut Hill greeted neighbors with a bagpipe band, while another in New Castle offered services in its parking lot for pajama-clad worshippers.

6 years ago

Listen 1:43
Archbishop Nelson Pérez, Philadelphia’s new Catholic archbishop, during Easter Mass. (Screenshot)
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. death toll rises as Philly celebrates Easter ‘different than any other’

Calling it “different than any other Easter Sunday,” Philadelphia’s new archbishop thanked health care and grocery store workers.

6 years ago

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